Meredith Borland

Meredith Borland serves as an Adjunct Professor at the UWA Medical School, specializing in Pediatrics within the Institute for Paediatric Perioperative Excellence at The University of Western Australia. Her research significantly contributes to pediatric emergency medicine across Australia and New Zealand.

Her research expertise spans critical areas in child healthcare:

• Pediatric emergency department operations and patient safety
• Closed head injury assessment and management
• Respiratory conditions including bronchiolitis and preschool wheeze
• Sepsis identification and management in pediatric patients
• Clinical decision-making protocols in emergency settings
• Traumatic brain injury in children

Dr. Borland's recent publications demonstrate her leadership in multicenter collaborative research through the PREDICT network (Paediatric Research in Emergency Departments International Collaborative), with significant contributions to clinical guidelines and evidence-based practice in pediatric emergency care across Australasia.

With an h-index of 27 and over 2,764 citations, her research has substantial impact in the field. Her work aligns with United Nations Sustainable Development Goals related to health and wellbeing, particularly addressing child health outcomes and emergency care quality.

She actively collaborates with international researchers across multiple institutions, contributing to consensus definitions and standardized approaches in pediatric emergency medicine. Her research output includes 148 publications with significant representation in high-impact journals including JAMA Network Open, The Lancet Regional Health, and Archives of Disease in Childhood.